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KATHLEEN (COOKIE)
RIDOLFI directs the Northern California Innocence
Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University and is
a tenured member of the law faculty. She is co-chair
of the Innocence Network, an international collective
of innocence projects assisting prisoners with
claims of wrongful conviction. Cookie was recently
appointed by the California Senate to serve on
the California Commission on the Fair Administration
of Justice. With David Popalisky, Director of
the dance department, Cookie helped to create
and direct Barred from Life, a performance work
that explores the human consequence of wrongful
conviction. See www.scu.edu/bfl
Cookie Ridolfi is an experienced and highly
regarded trial lawyer. She was one of the first
in the country to apply social science research
in the jury selection process and was among
the first to develop expert testimony for use
in battered women's self-defense cases. Ridolfi
was a pro-se defendant in the politically charged
case of the Camden 28, prosecuted in federal
court for actions taken to oppose the Vietnam
War in 1971. In May 1973, she was acquitted
following a four month jury trial. For information
about her case, go to http://www.camden28.org
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